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MILAN (Reuters) - Juventus extended their Serie A lead with an embarrassingly easy 3-0 home win over Atalanta on Sunday while rivals Napoli blew their chance to go second with a dramatic late collapse at home to Bologna. Napoli appeared set to overtake Inter Milan when Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani put them 2-1 ahead in the 70th minute with his 12th goal of the league season. Instead, Panagiotis Kone levelled with one of the goals of the season in the 86th minute, meeting a cross with an acrobatic volley from just inside the penalty area.

LONDON (Reuters) - Emmanuel Adebayor scored twice in four minutes as Tottenham Hotspur overturned a two-goal aggregate deficit to beat 10-man Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3-2 over two legs on Thursday to reach the last 16 of the Europa League. It was a painful return to London for Tottenham's former coach Juande Ramos whose side took the lead on the night through Roman Zozulya. Forward Zozulya was then sent off in the 62nd minute, six minutes after Christian Eriksen had levelled, and Adebayor grabbed his quickfire double to give twice UEFA Cup winners Spurs a 3-1 second-leg victory.

(Adds comments from Italian Football Federation head) By Terry Daley ROME, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Napoli lawyer Mattia Grassani has played down suggestions that the Serie A club might be punished for financial foul play after Wednesday's raid of their head offices by finance police. "There's been too much alarmism, it was an action over exposed (by the media), that is well within the normal checks that are carried out not only in sports clubs but also commercial enterprises," Grassani told a local Naples radio station on Thursday.

By Terry Daley ROME, March 29 (Reuters) - Napoli could be without Edinson Cavani for Saturday's league game at Torino because of the Uruguayan's late return to Italy following international duty. The 26-year-old, Serie A's top scorer with 20 goals, is not expected back in the country until late on Friday at the earliest. "I will talk to him but for now I don't know what condition he is in," coach Walter Mazzarri told a news conference on Friday. "If Cavani can't play I could try playing Lorenzo Insigne and Goran Pandev together up front or maybe play an extra midfielder.

* Roncaglia scores from his own goal * Cavani notches 100th Serie A goal * Pazzini double as Milan win (Adds later matches) MILAN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Fiorentina defender Facundo Roncaglia, aided by a blunder from Napoli goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis, scored from just inside his own half in a 1-1 Serie A draw on Sunday. Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani replied for Napoli with his 100th Serie A goal and 17th of the season to take his side level on points with Lazio in second place.

ROME (Reuters) - Daniele De Rossi is out of the game at Napoli on Sunday after AS Roma's appeal against his three-match ban for punching Inter Milan's Mauro Icardi last week was rejected by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Defender Juan Jesus will also miss Inter's home match with Torino on Sunday after having his three-match suspension for striking Roma's Alessio Romangonli in the same match upheld. "The emergency appeals presented in relation to the three days of disqualification imposed on Daniele De Rossi and Juan Jesus have been rejected," the FIGC said in a statement on Friday.

ROME, March 30 (Reuters) - Napoli's Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani proved to be their hero again on Saturday when he came off the bench to strike twice in the last six minutes and secure a 5-3 win at Torino in Serie A. On any other day Blerim Dzemaili's sublime hat-trick for second-placed Napoli would have grabbed all the headlines but Cavani was the big story after a turbulent last few days. The forward returned late from international duty and was dropped to the bench for the match, which Napoli had to win to stay within range of Juventus who have a nine-point lead on top. Jet-lag looked to have got the better off Cavani when he needlessly gave away a penalty with a silly handball with 16 minutes to go and his side looking good for their 2-1 lead.

DORTMUND (Reuters) - Last season's Champions League runners-up Borussia Dortmund beat Napoli 3-1 with a stellar offensive performance on Tuesday to earn a lifeline and stay in the hunt for a knockout stage spot. Germany international Marco Reus converted a 10th minute penalty and Jakub Blaszczykowski added another goal on the hour as the Germans bounced back from a string of bad results. Lorenzo Insigne's 71st minute strike seemed to have set up a nervous finale to the Group F match but Dortmund substitute Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made sure of the three points with his first Champions League goal seven minutes later.

(Reuters) - Napoli jumped to second place in Serie A thanks to a laboured 1-0 win at lowly Cagliari while fellow title hopefuls Inter Milan suffered a 1-0 defeat at Parma in Monday's late game. Napoli are within two points of leaders Juventus thanks to Marek Hamsik's second-half goal which moved them above an Inter side undone by Nicola Sansone's fine individual late strike. Juventus, who lost 1-0 at AC Milan on Sunday, have 32 points from 14 games with their lead cut from four points with Napoli now on 30 above Fiorentina and Inter who are level on 28. Napoli, without suspended striker Edinson Cavani and the injured Goran Pandev, made hard work of beating Cagliari, with Hamsik's 73rd minute goal enough to earn the three points.

Nov 6 (Reuters) - Two goals from Gonzalo Higuain helped Napoli to win a thrilling match with Marseille 3-2 in Group F of the Champions League on Wednesday. The Argentine scored his second goal with 15 minutes remaining to settle a superb contest. Florian Thauvin had levelled for the visitors on 64 minutes after two brilliantly-taken goals from Napoli's Gokhan Inler and Higuain in as many first-half minutes had cancelled out Andre Ayew's headed opener for the French side. The win moved Rafael Benitez's side into second place in the group on nine points, level with leaders Arsenal after they won at Borussia Dortmund.